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City of Milwaukee · Photo: Bill Herd · Public domainFamous people · Frankfort
2 famous people call Frankfort their birthplace
Sam Slyfield, the sound engineer, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. The other is Paul Edinger, the player of American football. The earliest on the list is Sam Slyfield, born in 1898, and the youngest Paul Edinger, born in 1978. The longest list of any town in Michigan belongs to Dearborn, with 63.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Sam Slyfield
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Sam Slyfield
Youngest
1978
Paul Edinger
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Frankfort
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Known for
What Frankfort is known for
Scientists and doctors are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Frankfort and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.